Advertising-rack



(No Model.)

- J. N. AKARMAN.

ADVERTISING RAUK. No. 301,818. Patented. July 1, 1884.

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. JO HN N. AKARMAN, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

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QPECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,318, dated July 1,1884:. Application filed October 6, 1883; (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. Armenian, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Somerville, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Advertising- Racks; and I do hereby declare thatthe same are fully described in the following specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in :ulvertising-racks, for thepurpose of holding advertising or notice cards in public conveyances, orpublic or other places, and to enable such cards to be changed orremoved and others replaced with great ease.

The invention is carried out as follows, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings, where Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofthe improved rack applied to the inside of ahorse or steam car. Fig. 2represents a partial front elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 representsa cross-section on the line A B, shown in Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts, where ever they occur, 011 thedifferent parts of the drawings.

Thecard-rack consists of a pair of hollow metal pipes or wooden bars, aa, which are se cured on the inside of a car horizontally or in otherdirections a proper distance apart, according to the size of the cardsthat are to be held in the rack. Each pipe or bar is slitted from end toend on one side by means of a saw or rotary or other cutter forming agroove or slit, a, on the under side of the upper pipe or bar, and 011the upper side of the lower pipe or bar, as shown in Fig.

b I) represent the advertising-cards intended Such cards may be made ofpaper, pasteboard, leather board, or metal, or may be backed with metal,to strengthen them, if so desired, the upper and lower edges of suchcards being inserted from the end of the pipes or bars a a into theslits a c in position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

c 0 represent stays or braces secured to the upper and lower slittedpipes or bars, a a, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, for the purpose ofkeeping said pipes or bars at the proper distance apart. At suitabledistances apart are made perforations a a through the front portions ofthe pipes at a, such perforations being large enough to permit the headof the fastening-screws d d to pass through loosely. Dia: metricallyopposite the front perforations, a, are made smaller perforations, a,through the rear portions of the pipes at a, as shown in Fig. 3, whichlatter perforations are made only large enough to permit the body of thefastening-screws d to pass through, by which arrangement the pipes a amay easily be secured from the front, by means of ordinary woodscrews,to the wall or other object to which the rack is to be fastened. Eachpipe or bar a is provided in its ends with screw-caps or plugs a at, asshown in Fig. 2, to prevent the cards from working out at the ends ofthe slitted pipes a a. Such plugs may be screwed into the ends of thepipes or bars a a, or on the outside of the latter, as may be desired.

This invention has several advantages over ordinary card-racks, as it isvery neat in appearance, it can be attached to a wall or detached fromit with the greatest ease, the cards can be secured to it without wasteof time and without the need of tacks, nails, or screws, and when inplace the cards are held very firmly and not liable to get detached byjarring motions of the vehicle or conveyance in which the improved rackis used. It is par ticularly well adapted as an advertising-rack forhorse-cars or similar vehicles, although it is equally useful forsteam-cars, steam-boats, hotels, or public or other buildings, whereadvertising or notice cards are to be posted.

I am aware that it has been proposed to make a showrack for watches byslitting a tube longitudinally, and after introducing a headed hook insaid slit supporting the tube by passing its ends through upright posts.Under such construction, however, the slits are not in the opposingfaces of the tubes, and the tubes must be detached from their supportsevery time the ring is inserted or with drawn.

I am also aware that it has been proposed to set a cup, with aperforation through its bottom, into a stair-rod; then pass a headedscrew through the cup with its headinside the same, and then close themouth of the cup by an ornamental button or cap. My invention differsfrom the above in being adapted for other and fastening-screws d,substantially as and uses, and in the construction of parts and for thepurposes described.

their combinations specified in the following In testimony whereof Ihaveaffixed my sigclaim. nature in presence of two Witnesses.

5 Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation ofmy invention, I JOHN N. AKARMAN. wish to secure by Letters Patent andciaim In an advertising-rack, the combination of Vit'nessesr the slittedpipes or bars a a, the braces c c, ALBAN ANDREN, 10 front perforations,a, rear perforations, a, HENRY CHADBOURN.

